AoIR is aware that many of our UK-based colleagues are currently on strike, and may have difficulties meeting the 1 March submission deadline for AoIR 2018 conference submissions. If your plans to submit a proposal to the conference are affected by the strike, please...

The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2018 AoIR Dissertation Award. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2017 calendar year. Nominations (self...

We are very excited to announce our #AoIR2018 Keynote Speaker! Jason Edward Lewis Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media poet, artist, and software designer. He is presently the Concordia University Research Chair in Computational Media and the Indigenous Future...

Reaching rural America with broadband internet service (republished with permission from The Conversation.) Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin All across the U.S., rural communities’ residents are being left out of modern society and the 21st century...

Facebook's algorithms give it more editorial responsibility -- not less (republished with permission from The Conversation.) Ansgar Koene, University of Nottingham Recent criticism of Facebook for removing a post containing the iconic image of a naked girl during the...

We are pleased to open submissions for proposals for #AoIR2018: Transnational Materialities to be held in Montréal, Canada, October, 2018. To re-familiarize yourself with the call for proposals and types of submissions solicited, please see here. When submitting,...

The Politics and Poetics of Digital Indigeneity in Latin America by Thea Pitman (Originally posted here on 17 May 2017) I’ve been interested in the ways in which indigenous communities across Latin America use the internet and other new information and communication...

During AoIR's time in Tartu, several interviews were conducted with AoIR Members, and current and former Executive Board Members. Please see below for an interview conducted with Dr. Crystal Abidin, Jönköping University & Handelsrådet, on influencers and...

During AoIR's time in Tartu, several interviews were conducted with AoIR Members, and current and former Executive Board Members. Please see below for an interview conducted with Dr. Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin, on Internet Privacy and Security....

Crystal Abidin 2017-2019 AoIR Executive Committee – Open Seat   Who are you? Tell us a little bit about yourself. Hello internet. I am Dr Crystal Abidin. I grew up in Singapore, immigrated to Australia, and am now working in Sweden. I was trained in anthropology...